RACE REPORT: 094 5th Avenue Mile – 5:25
I love the 5th Avenue Mile. For a few minutes you hit hyper drive, maxing out your breathing and heart rate and as soon as you think you are going to die, it’s over. The day before I did an…
The Return
In case you weren’t already aware by my lack of wordy race reports, I have been sidelined all season. Lets go through a brief history of my injury, as it’s quite entertaining. I also want to document all of this…
1st Annual Negroni Crawl
The ‘Negroni’ has become my favorite cocktail. (Negroni = 1 part Campari, 1 part Sweet Vermouth, 1 part Gin) During a dinner last December Abbe notified me that this drink called a Negroni might cure my ailing stomach. When I…
RACE REPORT: 093 – Fire Island 5K – 18:33
I met Abs, Stephan, Amanda, Bojana, Maura, and Jodi in Penn Station Friday afternoon to begin our journey. The ‘journey’ would be called a vacation and include beach time, drinking, seafood, drinking and running, in no particular order. In fact…
The Dizzy Bat Race
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of running whilst being blasted out of your mind dizzy. Thursday night after work we headed off to Central Park, the East Meadow to…
Guardian angel, or bus driver?
Today I opted for a bike ride instead of a run. Why? Because I wanted to go inspect my city and see what was shakin’ in all corners. Riding through city streets means I take my track bike as its…
RACE REPORT: 092 Pride Run 5M – 31:04
Pride Week in NYC is always a bit crazy and fun. There is one factor that seems to remain the same every year… the heat! My stupid knee was acting up all week since I thought it a good idea…
RACE REPORT: 091 Portugal Day 5M – 31:20
This race, The Portugal Day 5 Miler, would mark my return to running. My knee has been doing great but this would be a test to see if it was ready to take on speed again. So how does one…
RACE REPORT: 090 Rev3 Quassy OLY – 2:51:09
My first triathlon of the season was to be the Rev 3 Quassy Half Ironman. I met Jim from ‘Dad Posse’ at his place around 3:45 on Friday. After packing up the gear and loading the bikes I was told,…
#BostonStrongNYC
On Monday, there was a memorial movement for those who suffered in Boston. #BostonStrong In respective cities across America, people organized large group runs with everyone wearing Boston colors, Boston themed signs… you name it, to show support for Boston.…